Folding stool



C. GEERTSEN FOLDING STOOL Filed Aug. 26, 1927 .2 Sheets-Sheet l ATTORNEYWITNESS:

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FOLDING STOOL Filed Aug.-26, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR O Q WITNES5=W ATTORNEY Patented May 21, 1929.

CHRISTIAN GEERTSEN, or soorIA, ivnw YORK.

' FOLDING- STOOL.

application filed August 26, 1927. Serial No. 215,731.

This invention relates to folding stoolsand contemplates a constructionmade up of a plurality of pivotally mounted sectionscapable of beingfolded in parallelism to provide a comparatively small article which canbe Figure 3 is a view showing the stool partly.

unfolded. V

Figure at is a view showing the stool set up for use.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of one of the main sections. I

Figure 6 is a sectional view on line6-6 of Figure 5.

The stool forming the subject matter of the present invention comprisesa pair of crossed pivotally connected main sections 10 and 11respectively, each section being substantially U-shaped as shown-inFigure 6. The corresponding upper ends of these sections have securedthereto a sleeve 12 about'which are looped the adjacent ends of aflexible seat 13. These sections are pivoted upon a rod 14 adjacenttheir lower ends, while the limbs of each section are provided withlaterally extending offset hooks 15 for a purpose to be hereinafterdescribed. These sections are of relatively different lengths, althoughsub stantially of the same length, being so constructed to permit thesection 11 to fold within the section 10. WVhen so arranged the loopedextremiticsof the flexible seatare arranged directly one above theother, the seat being folded upon itself to hang at one side as clearlyshown in Figure 2. The sections are adapted to be extended for use asclearly illustrated in Figures 3 and 4:, and when so extended the stoolis supported in a manner to be presently described.

i For this purpose I make use of a supporting section 16 which issubstantially U-shaped and pivoted on the rod 14 outwardly of the mainsection 10, thereby allowing'this section 16 to also be folded inparallelism with the seat sect-ions as shown in Figure 1. When so foldedthe section 16' has its cross member 17 arranged directly above thelooped portions of the seat, being spaced therefrom so that the section16 can be used as ahandle to conveniently carrythe stool from place toplace.

Also pivoted upon the rod 14 inwardly of the main section 11 isasupp'ortingmember substantially U-shaped, but made up of two pivotallyconnected sections 18 and 19 respectively, the former having its outerends terminating to providelaterally offset hooks 20, to engage thesection .19 when the parts are extended as shown in Figure 4. Thesection 19 is capable of being folded between the limbs of the'sect-ion18, and this section is then adapted to be folded within the mainsection 11 as shown in Figures 1 and 2. Consequently when the seatisfolded, the various sections are folded one within the other, lying inthe same plane, and in a manner to provide a comparatively small articlewhich can be conveniently carried by the person, or conveniently locatedbeneath the seat of an automobile or the like.

In order to use the stool it is only necessary to extend the mainsections 10 and 11 as shown in Figure 3 moving the supporting section 16upon its pivot beyond the sec tion 10, and also moving the supportingmen1- her including the sections 18 and 19 beyond the seat section 11.The section 16 is swung about its pivot and over the supporting memberincluding the sections 18 and 19, until the limbs of the section 16 areengaged by the hooks of the main seat section 10, thereby forming acontinuity of this section as illustrated in Figure 4. The limbs of thesection 18 of the other supportlng member arethen.

moved into engagement with the hooks 15 of the section 11, whlle thesection 19 of said supporting member is swung outwardly to engage thehooks 20 of the, section 18. The

stool is then in a set up position for use, and when it is desired tofold the stool the various sections can be quickly and easily folded onewithin the other in the manner hereinabove described. 4 I

lVhi'le itisbelieved that from the foregoing description, the nature andadvantages of the invention will be readily apparent, I desire to haveit understood,-thatl do not limit myself to whatis herein shown anddescribed and that such changes may be resorted to when desired as fallwithin the scope of What is claimed.

What is claimed is: a I

A folding stool comprising a pair of crossed pivotally connected mainsections adapted to told one within the other, a flexible seat securedto the adjacentupper ends of saidsections, offset hooks projecting fromthe lower ends of said sections, a substantially Ushaped supportingsection pivotally mounted on the pivot of the main sections and adaptedto be folded in parallelism with said sections, and

constituting a handle for the stool'when the lattcris folded, saidsupporting section forming a continuity with one-of the main sectionswhen the stool is set up and adapted to be e11- gaged by the hooks ofsaid main section, a supporting member of substantially U-shapedformation pivotally mounted on the same pivot and including pivotallyconnected sec tions adapted to be arranged in end to end relation toform a continuity with the other .main section for use, one section ofthe sup- CHRISTIAN eEEnTs N.

